Messidor

Messidor was billed as a lyric drama in four acts with a libretto by Emile Zola, a score by Alfred Bruneau, and choreography by Joseph Hansen. The sets were designed by Rubé and Moisson (a. 1), the elder and younger Chapéron (a. 2), Amable (a. 3), and Marcel Jambon and Marcel Bailly (a. 4). The costumes were created by Charles Bianchini . The work had its world premiere at the National Academy of Music on 19 February 1897. The opera opens in the mountains, where Véronique is looking down the…